Medtronic Forms Medtronic Hospital Solutions

Medtronic, Inc.

today announced the formation of Medtronic Hospital Solutions, a new business focused on developing novel partnerships with hospitals to provide services directly related to hospital operational efficiency. The new business will focus initially on offering services in Europe to manage and modernize catheterization laboratory (cath lab) facilities, bringing sustainable efficiencies and programs to this critical area of hospital cardiology departments. Medtronic Hospital Solutions today also announced it was awarded its first tenders with two leading hospitals in Europe. These two long-term tenders have been awarded to Medtronic to manage cath lab facilities for the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) NHS Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London. Under these tenders, Medtronic will manage these hospitals' cath labs to high standards, providing the latest medical technology and infrastructure, optimizing operational efficiency, running daily operations, and developing local cardiac services markets, including the care pathway for patients who need access to cardiac care. Medtronic will administer four UHSM cath labs at Wythenshawe Hospital and five Imperial College Healthcare cath labs based at Hammersmith Hospital."The creation of this new business within Medtronic underscores our